Tie-fastener.



Patented Jan. 30-; I900.

F. E. PERKINS. TIE FASTENER.

(Application filed Nov. 15, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. PERKINS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TIE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,480, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed November 15, 1899. Serial No. 737,022. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Tie-holders, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a device for holding the free or leading end of the band of either a made-up or four-in-hand tie relatively to the body thereof, serving when used in connection with'the former to maintain the same in adjusted position and with the latter to obtain a proper set and in each case to prevent such free ends or portions from loosening.

The holder is generally utilized in made-up ties either of the Teck or puff style as a substitute for the pin which is embedded in the knot or folds of the same and which is always in the way of the fingers in adjusting or removing the tie to stick the same. This pin also becomes easily dislodged, thereby rendering the tie useless. The principle difliculty, however, wit-h the old style of ties is this: In adjusting them it is necessary in order to secure a tidy appearance to force the knot upwardly beyond the place at which it is to finally occupy by drawing down on the neckband and afterward placing the free portion thereof in position to be penetrated by the pin, and when this takes place such free portion will ride up the pin, allowing the knot to be lowered to the desired place. The pressure by a collar upon the knot is ordinarily so great as to crush said knot to such an extent as to render it unfit for wear after a short period. With my improved construction I do away with the disadvantage attending the common and old type of pin and hold the knot in the desired position in which it is first placed without any movements of the body or neckband relatively to each other.

In the drawings showing the device in the simplest embodiment thereof, Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a collar and a madeup tie, showing said holder with its shank secured in the knot of said tie. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the article in combination with a four-in-hand tie, the shank being connected to the shank of the collar-button. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the holder detached. Fig. 4; is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is'a plan view. Figs. 6 and 7 are views corresponding, respectively, with Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. Sis a transverse sectional plan View, the section being taken on the line 8 s, Fig. 6.

' the shank or body 12. The side pieces 35 and 36 of the shank 12 are bent toward each other at opposite points, as shown at 41, at diiferent points in their lengths, so as to form reduced places in said shank, around which a thread can be passed to stitch the shank to the tie, as at 17 and 18. The upper end of the shank or body 12 is furnished with an eye adapted when the device is to be used in connection with a four-in-hand or similar tie to be fitted over a shank of a collar-button, so that a pin upon the shank will be held in position to receive the free portion of a necktie-band. The branches or side pieces 35 and 36 are held in place against one of the arms of the foot Lby the turned-over lugs 38 and 39 upon the offset 37. The transverse foot L is represented as being of substantially U shape, and the holding-pin 30 is situated between the branches of the foot, so that the fingers cannot come in contact with said pin in adjusting the tie. The branch 36 of the shank is extended downwardly below the lug 39 and is then projected right angularly, as at 42, and afterward rounded or bent, as at 43,-and passed through an opening in the closed end of the foot to form the pin 30, previously mentioned.

In Fig. 1 the neckband is indicated by 22 and the leading or free portion thereof by 21.

To adjust the tie, the free portion thereof will be passed through the knot, as is the custom, and drawn down to adjust the knot to the proper position, after which such free portion will be thrust between the branches of the foot L, where it can be penetrated by the pin to hold the same, and as movement of such free portion is sidewise it will be evident that when it is once held neither the body of the tie nor the neckband can have any movement relative to each other, the disposition of the pin upon the shank right angularly or transversely to the length of the free portion preventing such a result. The arms or jaws of the foot L are resilient to permit the ready insertion of the tie therebetween, and they are rounded, as at and 26, near their free ends. These rounded-off portions are contiguous, so as to partially close the inner end of the foot, whereby the free portion of a necktie-band cannot become disengaged from the pin without opening or spreading the branches of the foot. Said branches beyond these rounded-off portions are outwardly disposed, as at 27 and 28, formin a flaring month to properly guide the tongue of said free portion sidewise into place between the branches of the foot.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 I have shown a modified form of the device, the shank 12 being formed integral with the foot L and provided with the head 13 at its upper end, having openings 14 and 15 to receive suitable fastening means to hold the same within the knot of the tie. The pin 30 is situated between the branches of the U-shaped foot L, and it has what is shown in Fig. 6 at its left-hand end the lateral bend 31, soldered or otherwise secured to the closed end of said foot. Otherwise the foot is the same in construction as that shown in the other figures, and hence I shall use corresponding characters to denote similar parts.

It will be evident from the preceding description that I provide, in combination with a necktie, a holding member consisting in an object, having a transverse substantially U-shaped foot, and a stationary pin secured between the branches of said foot, and the latter serving as a guard for the pin and also to guide the free portion of a necktie laterally onto said pin, said free portion being adapted to pass through the open end of the foot.

2. A tie-holder consisting of a longitudinal shank constructed of wire and having means to attach it to an object, and provided at its lower end with a transverse, substantially U shaped foot, a part of the shank being continued downward and sidewise and extended through the closed end of the foot and projecting forward therefrom and having a sharpened end to constitute a pin, and said pin being adapted to receive the free portion of the neckband of a tie passing through the open end of the foot, and the latter serving to guide such free portion laterally onto the pm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK E. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

HEATH SUTHERLAND, LoUIsE RoTHs'rEIN. 

